18 February, 2016

In search of a global-scale alignment of the progressive forces

A
difficult challenge - although necessary - for the battle against
neo-Feudal tyranny

by system
failure

A year has
passed since the first time that SYRIZA managed to win the elections
in Greece. It was the first time in the history of the modern Greek
state that a Leftist party have won the national elections. Many
dramatic events occurred during that year. SYRIZA split under the
pressure of its creditors, retreated under the ruthless regime of the
European Financial Dictatorship (EFD),
and finally, transformed into a systemic Social-Democratic party,
according to the plans of the Brussels-Berlin axis.

However, the
EFD paid a big price for this victory. As already mentioned in
previous article “Tsipras
managed to expose completely the real face of this 'remarkable'
union. The response of people in social media was characteristic,
speaking even about a coup against Greece. The turn of the public
opinion, taking now the side of Greece, is obvious, as Europeans can
see clearly their dark future inside EFD. This open blackmail by the
bureaufascists against Greece with the help of the ECB makes people
in potential future eurozone members to think twice their entrance in
this financial dictatorship. Double damage for plutocrats' plans.”

One of the
reasons that the Brussels bureaufascists and the Berlin directorate
wanted to crush Tsipras, was to block the Leftist momentum across
Europe. Their efforts had not been very successful, as the Leftist
parties managed to maintain some of their power, breaking the
bi-partisan systemic establishment in Portugal and Spain, after the
recent national elections there. Furthermore, Corbyn's rise in the
leadership of the Labour Party in the UK, has brought an additional
"headache" to the neoliberal establishment in Europe.

Yet, what we
observe now in the European scene, is that the Left still appears
weak and unable to gain more power. The most significant waves of
turbulence to the neoliberal establishment in Europe come from the
far-Right in many countries. The nationalists exploit also the
refugee problem to increase their influence and power in each
European country. As far-Right extremism and xenophobia grows, the
forces of the Left face the danger of saturation. There is a good
reason for this and it's not only because the Left has been unable to
re-shape its own truly independent framework of values that could
seriously overcome the obsolete capitalistic terms.

What makes
the European Leftist movement weak against the neoliberal
establishment and the far-Right, is that its main components are
still dedicated to a progressive internationalism through the
illusion that this can be achieved inside today's European
structures. This is an illusion which also splits the Left not only
in Greece, but the European Left as a whole too. Which means double
damage for the progressive forces who become an easy victim for the
monstrous mechanisms of the EFD.

The moderate
Leftists, like Tsipras and those who remained in SYRIZA, fear that
they may lose their ideological orientation by retreating from their
basic principles which include a Humanistic internationalism. Yet,
there is a huge contradiction here, as Tsipras administration already
retreated (very quickly), on some fundamental Leftist principles by
signing a third catastrophic memorandum with Greece's creditors.
Furthermore, Tsipras himself exhibits a Machiavellian behavior
concerning inner-party members who strongly oppose the policies
imposed by the creditors, or, external alliances with countries of
authoritarian regimes (e.g. Egypt, Israel). Therefore, current Greek
government follows a Kissinger-type Realpolitik strategy, rather than
a policy based on pure Leftist ideological principles.

The moderate
Left across the Europe needs to understand that the support of the
nation-state structure at this crucial moment, is absolutely
necessary for the resistance against the devastating neoliberal
internationalism, which is based on the free market cannibalism. The
Left must fight for the survival of the nation-state, not in
nationalistic terms of course, but in terms of guaranteeing the most
fundamental rights of the citizens.

The return
to the nation-state structure is not a barrier to the global
cooperation and alignment of the progressive forces. On the contrary,
it could function as a protection shield to the onslaught of
neoliberalism and the neo-Feudal tyranny that follows.

The huge
advantage of the forces of neo-Feudalism is that they are much more
flexible and powerful, having surpassed all the democratic
institutions in the West. Megabanks and multinational corporations
have occupied all the key government positions through former
executives. Lobbyists determine all the agreements according to their
interests. The TTIP-type deals is the best proof for this fact and,
unfortunately, they will be proved a crucial element for the
definite establishment of the neo-Feudalism globally.

Consequently,
the Dystopian nightmare of the global neo-Feudalism can be stopped
only by a global alliance of the progressive forces, which must
surpass regional and ideological limitations, to form a united front
through strong cooperation between nation-states.

A
significant disadvantage against such a perspective is not only the
split of the Left, mostly in Europe, but also the lack of
synchronization in global scale. The Leftist - or closer to the Left
- governments in Venezuela and Argentina, for example, have been
replaced by right-Wing neoliberal ones.

However,
still there is a unique opportunity in the Western world with the
surprisingly strong momentum of Bernie Sanders prior to this year's
US elections. Bernie has a long way to go until the US presidency,
but the American people seem to realize their power on overthrowing
the regime of the establishment.

Despite all
the problems, it is certain that the European Left watches the
political developments on the other side of the Atlantic, with
growing attention. In case that the crazy dream become true with
Bernie as the next US president, the perspective of joint progressive
forces against the neo-Feudal tyranny, could become much more
probable.

2 comments:

If the progressives, the leftists keep defending OPEN borders and importing Muslims and North Africans... they are doomed.

Think Sanders & Trump. Bernie sanders originally was against illegals.. saying they destroyed the opportunities of those already here. But someone stuffed a sock in his mouth... and he is now for Amerimexico.

That is not a winning strategy for the other progressive ideals. Telling people they must commit cultural suicide to save other people is a loser.

And the right wing will continue to flourish as people try to save themselves from the INVASION.

Now that is not to say that right wing populism favors banks, or Wall St bond holders... remember... Trumpets HATE Wall St and the same people Sanders voters hate.

But a realignment of what is left and right is VITAL if we are to SAVE ourselves... from the invasion AND the banks.

There us no invasion; the previous (now receding) migration of Hispanics to the U.S. were being driven out of their homes by destruction of national governments by rapacious multi-nationals. They were pushed out. To the extent that the U.S. left can champion progressive nationalism at home and abroad, we can win.